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Sam Cooke

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Get on the Soula Coaster: R. Kelly's Sharing His Love For the Golden Days of Disco

    Nice Hits! is a Reverb column that unironically dissects, reviews, and appreciates the best songs of the current Top 40. It is unsnobbishly premised on the logic that just because a lot of the music on the radio is crap doesn't mean all the music on the radio is crap. The hit: "Share My Love," R. Ke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Trago in South Lake Union Is Dead Right Now, But Could Be the Best Karaoke Joint in Town

    Two Train songs in one night? Far out!​One of the few things that can pull me away from my couch and premium cable on a Sunday night is an invitation to a new Absolute Karaoke venue. They are the best karaoke company in town and their hosts turn every bar into the place to be, no matter what n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Who Should Play Sam Cooke In His Biopic?

    ​Following in the footsteps of Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, the latest musical superstar to get the big screen biopic treatment might be R&B godfather Sam Cooke--today Billboard reported that a screenplay has been completed and the search is officially on for a director for the Cooke film. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    The Lost Art of Harassing Your Sidemen

    Great names in the history of sideman harassment: Sidney Bechet, Bob Wills, Robbie Fulks, and Thelonious Monk​ One day in the 1920s, Sidney Bechet took his clarinet out of his mouth and swung it like a baseball bat against the head of vocalist Billy Banks, splattering blood and brain matter ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Karaoke, Coming to a Wedding Near You (Bakeman's Too)

    ​I've never been married. I'm 36 years old and I've never even been close. It is my greatest accomplishment to date. That being said, I love weddings, and especially receptions. Ever since I was a kid they were my favorite events to attend. We went to a lot of them because Filipinos know a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    KJR Graces Queen Anne With Joe Jackson and Toto's Presence

    Hers is the grass skirt the Karaoke Korrespondent pulls up for a game of peekaboo each and every night.​I've been itching to do a solo karaoke run for awhile.Singing with friends is always a blast, but most of my crazier karaoke nights have happened lone wolf. Last Friday I hit Hula Hula in Qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Hey Marseilles, The Long Winters, Grand Archives Featured On Starbucks' New Sweetheart Compilation

    ​Those Long Winters cuts just keep dripping out. John Roderick tackles ZZ Top's "Give Me All Your Lovin'" on the new Starbucks compilation, Sweethearts, out today via iTunes, just in time for the Valentine's season. Hard copies will be available in stores with your hard scones on Jan. 26. Als ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    American Idol Finale: Adam Lambert Owns Kris Allen

    I tried to vote for my Idol pick countless times by both calling and texting during the four hours the lines were open, but none of my attempts worked. Why? Because everybody and their fucking mothers were trying to do the same damn thing. So last night--the most important night viewers have to vote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    I've Been Listing to Neko Case, The 8th Day, and Sam Cooke

    Neko Case, Middle Cyclone: Usually when I drive across the state -- an activity I look forward to -- I put Ryan Adams on high rotation. His Jacksonville City Nights and Cold Roses albums always seem appropriate against the backdrop of chair lifts without skiers and the hills of the Palouse. Last wee ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2008

    It’s Not That R&B’s Gone Soft

    It’s that it’s become downright bullshit.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Rolling Stones on eMusic

    It’s that it’s become downright bullshit.

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    Live Music Tonight: Catfish Haven

    It’s that it’s become downright bullshit.

  • Calendar

    February 13, 2008

    Catfish Haven

    Tuesday, February 19

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    The Weekend Preview: Post Holiday Slump Edition

    Tuesday, February 19

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    The Harborrats

    Friday, January 4

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Silver and Gold

    Friday, January 4

  • Calendar

    July 4, 2007

    Sad Bastard Mondays

    Nightlife

  • Diversions

    December 21, 2005

    Cheap Gifts!

    Looking for last-minute items for your loved ones on a budget? Go no further than our third annual compendium of items under $50.

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Doing It to Death

    Give it up for funk classicists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

  • Film

    August 25, 2004

    Louis Jordan and his Tympany Band: Films and Soundies

    Give it up for funk classicists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    My Gospel Conversion

    A local rock writer, weaned on punk, wakes up to music fueled by a higher power.

  • Music

    July 21, 2004

    Reaching Mecca

    Youssou N'Dour's Egypt praises the saints and passes the musical ammunition.

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    Out of Time

    My Morning Jacket party like it's 1969.

  • Music

    March 5, 2003

    The Man Who Loved Music

    Seattle's busiest rock eclectic, Scott McCaughey, gets Down with Wilco and comes up with an instant classic.

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    Artist of the Year

    Solomon Burke is the world's greatest living singer; he also saves souls and makes a mean sandwich.

  • Music

    November 20, 2002

    Steal This Beat

    Thievery Corporation bring more learned electronic jazz.

  • Film

    December 26, 2001

    On the ropes

    Hero declares, "I'm gonna be the champ the way I want to be," then is.

  • Music

    July 11, 2001

    Change is gonna come

    And soul singer India.Arie wants to be a part of it.

  • Music

    July 19, 2000

    WOMADness

    What are all these foreigners doin' in Redmond? It's culture!

  • Music

    September 22, 1999

    Music Timeline

    What are all these foreigners doin' in Redmond? It's culture!

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